Later, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS) in the metropolis of Lagos. After graduation, he worked first as an English teacher in the town of Oba. Achebe excelled in school and began writing stories as a university student.
Although his parents were Protestant and practiced the Christian faith, Achebe and his siblings were also exposed to traditional Igbo culture, which included a heavy emphasis on storytelling. Removed Tts_version 3.Achebe was raised by his parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria. OL891786W Page_number_confidence 91.81 Pages 234 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200319090649 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1143 Scandate 20200313063214 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog marygrove Scribe3_search_id 31927000666393 Source Urn:lcp:thingsfallapart0000ache:epub:acb75076-57dc-4b3f-9d62-9d91024f6237 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier thingsfallapart0000ache Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1wf2g51w Invoice 1652 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA17196 Openlibrary_edition These perfectly harmonized twin dramas are informed by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul."Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 03:01:05 Boxid IA1795415 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the arrival of aggressive European missionaries. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo’s fall from grace with the tribal world. "Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria.
Achebe prophetically argued that colonial domination and the culture it left in Africa had such a stranglehold on African peoples that its consequences would haunt African society long after colonizers had left the continentĪ Chronology of Achebe's life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included."-pub. The brilliance of Things Fall Apart is that it addresses the imposition of colonization and the crisis in African culture caused by the collapse of colonial rule. The book describes the simultaneous disintegration of Okonkwo and his village, as his pleas to his people not to exchange their culture for that of the English fall on deaf ears He returns to his home village, only to witness its disintegration as it abandons tradition for European ways. The book is a parable that examines the colonial experience from an African perspective, through Okonkwo, who was "a strong individual and an Igbo hero struggling to maintain the cultural integrity of his people against the overwhelming power of colonial rule." Okonkwo is banished from the community for accidentally killing a clansman and is forced to live seven years in exile. The novel, first published in 1958, has by today sold over 8 million copies, been translated into at least forty-five languages, and earned Achebe the somewhat misleading and patronizing title of "the man who invented African literature." It carefully re-creates tribal life before the arrival of Europeans in Africa, and then details the jarring changes brought on by the advent of colonialism and Christianity Set in the Ibo village of Umuofia, Things Fall Apart recounts a stunning moment in African history - its colonization by Britain. It is written by one of Nigeria s leading novelists, Chinua Achebe. "Things Fall Apart is one of the most widely read African novels ever published.
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